The International Space Station (ISS) is visible in the evening sky again this coming week, and we have some really spectacular passes to look forward to. To see the ISS, just go out on the dates and at the times given, face the west and wait for a bright star to climb up from the horizon. That's the ISS. An '*' means that the ISS will be particularly high and bright that evening: April 9, 21.44*; April 10, 20.51*; April 11, 21.33*; April 12, 22.16; April 13, 21.22*; April 14, 22.05; April 15, 21.11.

It will then head across the sky, from west to east, (right to left). Remember, anything flashing is a plane. And don't mistake Venus - shining brilliantly in the west now until after 11pm - for the ISS either.

Stuart Atkinson

Eddington Astronomical Society of Kendal